It's a little silly to talk about finding balance (a dirty mommy word in my book) with a newborn, 3 big kids, a puppy, a marriage, and a career to manage. Elusive as it might be, striving for equality and the yin to my yang...
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Things have been pretty heavy around here, and whenever I start feeling suffocated I just want to do something mindless. So I either shop or turn on Bravo. TV watching hasn't been much of an option since I'm working and mothering most of the day,...
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Marriage has been one of the greatest learning experiences (read: challenges) of my lifetime. Justin and I didn't know each other all that well when we tied the knot less than a year after we met, so much of our getting-to-know-you time happened in warp...
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This post is brought to you by Target. Get More Cuuuute with Hello Kitty at Target. It's really wild having two daughters. I still haven't wrapped my head around it quite yet, but between me, Zoe, my mom and my sister-we are very, very excited! So much girl...
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I've been wanting to share with you the day that we brought Evvie home, but it's been a little raw for me up until recently. That day was so hectic, hardly the kind of serene and sweet "coming home" celebration we had hoped for, but...
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I've been downloading a lot of my mother's music lately. That nostalgia has been cushioning the walls of my mind like a thick security blanket as my emotions barrel around like wild horses. I can still hear the way her Crosby Stills Nash & Young and...
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Walking into the our athletic club to take the kids swimming yesterday, a woman passed us and remarked "Wow, four kids. That ain't for the faint of heart." Little did she know exactly how faint in the heart I've been feeling the last week. It's...
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This post was sponsored by The Honest Company. To learn more about their products, click here. I got into the car yesterday after swim lessons, knowing we had a 45-minute drive ahead of us and I somehow misplaced the diapers. Beau is slowly learning to...
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The last five weeks since Beau was born have been filled with love, laughter, exploration, frustration, exasperation and many, many lessons. Jack and Zoe have been troopers as we grow and mold our lives to accommodate this new little being into our family. We've done everything...
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